Mr. Justice N.C. Sharma, President—This appeal has been filed by the complainant against the order of the District Forum, Udaipur dated 24.8.92 dismissing his complaint.

2. The complainant-appellant remained absent despite service of notice. We have, therefore, heard the learned Counsel for the opposite party-respondent and have perused the record of the District Forum.

3. It cannot be disputed that where a consumer uses electricity sanctioned for domestic purposes for commercial purposes, it will be a malpractice as defined in Condition No. 29-B of the General Conditions of Supply issued by the Rajasthan State Electricity Board. It is an admitted fact that the Meter Reader had made a report in the meter-reading record in May, 1989 that the complainant was using the domestic electricity for non-domestic purposes. It is thus clear that it came to the notice of the AEN, RSEB in May, 1989 that the complainant was committing malpractice. It was then the duty of the AEN was to inspect the premises of the complainant under Condition No. 29-A of the General Conditions and if upon inspection he found that the consumer had committed the act of malpractice, disconnect the corinection of t